Tag: Diversity: Page 94

Students

Guillermo: Ann Coulter No Free Speech Saint

I believe in free speech, the First Amendment and all that. That’s our starting point on campus, and in America. It’s free speech for me and thee, as the saying goes, in a healthy democracy. So let’s not make Ann Coulter into a free speech martyr just yet because the University of California, Berkeley switched […]

April 23, 2017

Women

McClenney Kicks Off AACC Convention

Dr. Kay McClenney, senior adviser to the president and CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges, delivers remarks at the opening session of the 97th AACC Annual Convention in New Orleans. McClenney, right,  is the recipient of the 2017 Diverse Champions Award presented by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. AACC also presented the Harry S. Truman […]

April 23, 2017

African-American

Hobart and William Smith Colleges Name Vincent President

Hobart and William Smith Colleges has tapped Dr. Gregory J. Vincent, a prominent diversity officer and one of their alumni, to lead their institution as the next college president.

April 23, 2017

Students

Michigan State Player Charged with Criminal Sexual Conduct

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State defensive end Auston Robertson was dismissed from the team Friday hours after being charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct in an alleged rape earlier this month. Robertson, 19, is accused of forcing a woman to have sex with him at her apartment the night of April 8 in Meridian […]

April 23, 2017

News Roundup

Harvard Researchers Find Copy of Declaration of Independence

BOSTON — Harvard University researchers say they’ve discovered a second parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence. The Boston Globe reported Friday researchers Emily Sneff and Danielle Allen found the copy in a records office in southern England. The only other parchment copy is maintained by the National Archives in Washington. The two dated the […]

April 23, 2017

Students

Report: Anti-Semitism Rises, but Violence Against Jews Falls

TEL AVIV, Israel — Violent attacks on Jews dropped for a second straight year in 2016, but other forms of anti-Semitism are on the rise worldwide, particularly on U.S. university campuses, according to a report released Sunday. Researchers at Tel Aviv University said assaults specifically targeting Jews, vandalism and other violent incidents fell 12 percent […]

April 23, 2017

Students

UC Berkeley Students Threaten to Sue Over Ann Coulter Visit

BERKELEY, Calif. — The University of California at Berkeley students who invited Ann Coulter to speak on campus are threatening to sue the university if it doesn’t find a proper time and venue for the conservative pundit to speak next week. Harmeet Dhillon, who represents the Berkeley College Republicans, said in letters sent Friday to […]

April 23, 2017

African-American

North Carolina Civil Rights Center Faces Conservative Ire

RALEIGH, N.C. — A center founded at the University of North Carolina by a civil rights attorney to help the poor and disenfranchised is the latest institution to come under fire from conservatives as they work to leave their mark on the state’s higher education system. African-American attorney Julius Chambers, who endured firebomb attacks in […]

April 23, 2017

Students

Michigan State Expected to Fund Upward Bound

Officials say that Michigan State University will fund its Upward Bound college prep program for Lansing high school students, ensuring that the program would not be shut down because of the university’s technical error in a grant application.

April 20, 2017

Students

FosterClub Working to Keep Foster Youth on College Success Path

FosterClub is a national support network for current and former foster youth, with a membership of approximately 32,000.

April 20, 2017

Students

Report: Colleges’ Reliance on Tuition Revenue Growing

Colleges and universities experienced a 1.8 percent decrease in funding at the state and local level in 2016 — part of a downward trend that has led students and families to shoulder a larger portion of the cost of higher education.

April 20, 2017

Health

Anti-Trump Mental Health Professionals Convene at Yale

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A group of mental health professionals that believe President Donald Trump is mentally unfit to be president is convening at Yale despite criticism from both Trump supporters and professionals working in their field. The Connecticut Post reports that the group, Duty to Warn, is holding its first conference Thursday at Yale […]

April 20, 2017